Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Cia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV) AMICAS Inc (AMCS) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) Carrols Restaurant Group Inc (TAST) Cirrus Logic Inc (CRUS) Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) Collective Brands Inc (PSS) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) DeVry Inc (DV) Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) Euronet Worldwide Inc (EEFT) Expedia Inc (EXPE) FedEx Corp (FDX) Firstbank Corp (FBMI) Franklin Resources Inc (BEN) ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Cia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV) AMICAS Inc (AMCS) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) Carrols Restaurant Group Inc (TAST) Cirrus Logic Inc (CRUS) Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) Collective Brands Inc (PSS) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) DeVry Inc (DV) Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) Euronet Worldwide Inc (EEFT) Expedia Inc (EXPE) FedEx Corp (FDX) Firstbank Corp (FBMI) Franklin Resources Inc (BEN) ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Accuride Corp (AURD) Acuity Brands Inc (AYI) Arbor Realty Trust Inc (ABR) BancTrust Financial Group Inc (BTFG) BRT Realty Trust (BRT) Cadence Financial Corp (CADE) Capital Trust Inc (CT) Community Bancorp (CBON) Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Cutera Inc (CUTR) Cybex International Inc (CYBI) Cynosure Inc (CYNO) Encore Wire Corporation (WIRE) Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC) Erie Indemnity Co (ERIE) Fairpoint Communications Inc (FRP) FalconStor Software Inc (FALC) FARO Technologies Inc (FARO) First Advantage Corp (FADV) First M & F Corp (FMFC) First Security Group Inc (FSGI) Fuel Tech Inc (FTEK) Gray Television Inc (GTN) Horizon Financial Corp (HRZB) InterNAP Network Services (INAP) INX Inc (INXI) K-Sea Transportation Partners ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Alliance Financial Corp (ALNC) BNP Paribas SA (BNPQY) Calamos Asset Management Inc (CLMS) Eastman Chemical Co (EMN) Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) Gastar Exploration Ltd (GST) Kirkland's Inc (KIRK) O'Reilly Automotive Inc (ORLY) Perdigao SA (PDA) Perfect World Co Ltd (PWRD) Rolls-Royce Group Plc (RYCEY) Smart Balance Inc (SMBL) Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) Telecom Italia SpA (TI) Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE) Universal Electronics Inc (UEIC) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

"ALNC" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"BNPQY" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"CLMS" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"EMN" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"FLML" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?...

Highlights include Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais ADR (CIG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia ADR (ELP), Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA ADR (TNE) and Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA ADR (TSP).As usual, the Brazilian Central Bank releases a report concerning its last interest rate decision one week after the meeting. Yesterday, the latest report was released and there were some interesting topics.It was quite clear in the report that the Central Bank believes there is room for more rate cuts in the near future, as expected inflation for 2009 is now below the target of 4.5%. But there was another interesting discussion.Some days ago we wrote here in this blog that the indexation of the Brazilian economy prevents a more aggressive movement from the Central Bank. In fact, past inflation has yet used to correct some contracts like telecom and electric ...

Highlights include Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (TSP), Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais (CIG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELP), Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE) and Telemig Celular Participacoes SA (TMB).Brazilian Central Bank to Cut Rates TodayYesterday it was announced that the Brazilian GDP fell by 3.6% in the last quarter 2008. It was a tremendous adjustment from the previous quarters. Even after this huge decline, 2008 ended with a GDP growth of 5.1% for Brazil. The growth was really high in the first 3 quarters, thus the adjustment in the last quarter reflected a major shift.The most intense decline was in the investment account, which went down by 9.8%. Family consumption was down just 2%, a fact that points out to some kind of recovery for the domestic market in 2009.The most important consequence of this ...

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE) is trading below a short-term level of support at $13.48 on Thursday. Tele Norte is a Zacks #5 (“Strong sell”) stock.

"TNE" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Stocks closed in the red going into the holiday weekend as investors received news of slower consumer spending and personal incomes falling by the biggest amount in almost three years. Tech stocks saw some of the largest dips today as indicated by the tech-laden Nasdaq, which experienced the widest percentage loss in comparison with the Dow and S&P 500. Much of the tech bearishness was a response to Dell’s (DELL) disappointing second-quarter report.

Friday’s Dow Jones industrial average lost 171.22 points, or 1.46%, ending the week at 11,543.96. The Standard & Poor's 500 index declined by 17.85 points, or 1.37%, to 1,282.83. The Nasdaq slipped by 44.12 points, or 1.83%, closing at 2,367.52.

Today’s declines are not extremely shocking, considering that substantial gains were made during this week of light trading before the Labor Day weekend.

It didn’t help, however, that the Commerce Department announced

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Axsys Technologies Inc (AXYS) Central European Distribution (CEDC) China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (SNP) Enbridge Energy Management LLC (EEQ) First United Corp (FUNC) Fluor Corp (FLR) GSC Investment Corp (GNV) Hewitt Associates Inc (HEW) JER Investors Trust Inc (JRT) LHC Group Inc (LHCG) Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) Oil States International Inc (OIS) Osteotech Inc (OSTE) Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Parker Drilling Co (PKD) Penn Virginia Corp (PVA) Ralcorp Holdings Inc (RAH) Robbins & Myers Inc (RBN) Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc (SCHN) Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (SCR) St. Jude Medical, Inc (STJ) Symantec Corp (SYMC) Telemig Celular Participacoes SA (TMB) Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE) UTi Worldwide Inc (UTIW) ...